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Subject:Re: 81 aircooled won't start when cold
From:Stan Wilder
Date:Thu, 23 Dec 2004 09:59:27 -0600

Is that something that Bentley forgot tomention?
I've found cold start injectors on 1.9 WBXs intake plenums and scavenged
then for use on Air Cooled engines.
Possibly the 2.00 L WBX don't use them.

Stan Wilder
Engine Ceramics
214-352-4931
www.engineceramics.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Oda" <craigoda@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: 81 aircooled won't start when cold

> Does the vanagon waterboxer have a cold-start valve, or is the
> increase in fuel controlled purely by the ECU?  I know that there is a
> Temp I sensor in the AFM and a Temp II sensor connected to the
> thermostat, but I've never been able to find a fifth injector that
> dumps extra fuel into the system when cold.  I've assumed that this
> was handled by some type of timer related to the ECU (for the first 20
> seconds, there is a richer fuel/air mixture pumped into the system).
>
> Sorry, I'm not being more helpful with Anthony's problem on the
air-cooled..
>
> -- Craig
>
>
> On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 18:21:37 -0800, Anthony Zygmunt <tzygmunt@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> > Last winter I did not have any problem.
> >
> > This winter when arount 20 degrees F, It takes 2 to 3
> > times to start (about 10 seconds each try), but it
> > starts, and runs fine.
> >
> > Below that temp, and I can't get it to start.  It does
> > not seem to even fire.  No smell of gas.
> >
> > Gas line not frozen, BA6 heater works fine.
> >
> > Bad cold start valve?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Tony Zygmunt
> >
> >
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